Cono Norte weather in August

In August, Cono Norte sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 8 mm of precipitation across 2.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Cono Norte's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cono Norte's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 8 mm; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:07 AM – 5:34 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical August day in Cono Norte reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	17	3
30	17	3
31	17	3

How August really feels in Cono Norte

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cono Norte weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 7°	210	27.7	0.3	12.9	2.3
Feb	14° / 7°	222	26.9	0.1	12.5	2.1
Mar	14° / 6°	190	28.6	0	12.1	2.2
Apr	15° / 5°	86	19.9	0	11.6	3.4
May	16° / 3°	14	4.9	0	11.2	5.8
Jun	16° / 2°	3	0.9	0.1	11	6.5
Jul	16° / 1°	4	1	0.5	11.1	6.4
Aug	16° / 2°	8	2.4	0.5	11.5	6.6
Sep	17° / 4°	12	3.8	0.3	11.9	6.7
Oct	17° / 6°	25	6.2	0.1	12.4	6.2
Nov	17° / 6°	39	9.4	0.1	12.8	5.4
Dec	16° / 7°	108	19.2	0.1	13	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	88
Cloudier (%)	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitationSnow

Cono Norte gets around 8 mm of rain and snow over 2.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Snow chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	3	1
2	4	1
3	4	1
4	4	1
5	5	1
6	5	2
7	6	2
8	6	2
9	6	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	2
15	9	2
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 5:30 PM to 5:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56
Sunset (PM)	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:15	5:30
2	11.3	6:14	5:31
3	11.3	6:14	5:31
4	11.3	6:13	5:31
5	11.3	6:13	5:31
6	11.3	6:12	5:32
7	11.3	6:12	5:32
8	11.3	6:11	5:32
9	11.4	6:11	5:32
10	11.4	6:10	5:33
11	11.4	6:10	5:33
12	11.4	6:09	5:33
13	11.4	6:09	5:33
14	11.4	6:08	5:33
15	11.4	6:08	5:34
16	11.4	6:07	5:34
17	11.5	6:06	5:34
18	11.5	6:06	5:34
19	11.5	6:05	5:34
20	11.5	6:04	5:35
21	11.5	6:04	5:35
22	11.5	6:03	5:35
23	11.5	6:02	5:35
24	11.6	6:02	5:35
25	11.6	6:01	5:35
26	11.6	6:00	5:36
27	11.6	6:00	5:36
28	11.6	5:59	5:36
29	11.6	5:58	5:36
30	11.6	5:57	5:36
31	11.7	5:56	5:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.46 kWh/m² to a high of 8.26 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.1	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.2	Intense
8	6.2	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	6.9	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Cono Norte

In seasonPeak

None of Cono Norte's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Cono Norte's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Cono Norte?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Cono Norte for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cono Norte in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Cono Norte sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 2°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Cono Norte in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cono Norte peaks around February 8 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	17	17	15	14	11	9	9	12	14	16	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	17	Extreme
Feb	17	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	16	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Cono Norte?

Cono Norte sits at 16.3°S, 71.6°W, 2,593 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Selva Alegre, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Cono Norte

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cono Norte.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cono Norte has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 846 m around an average of 2,667 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,172 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,124 m.

The land around Cono Norte is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and bare terrain (42%) within 3 km, bare terrain (47%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (64%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

846 m

artificial surfaces 52%

16 km

4,172 m

bare terrain 47%

80 km

6,124 m

bare terrain 64%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Cono Norte year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Selva Alegre 8.0 km · Arequipa 10 km · Ciudad Satelite 13 km · Jacobo Hunter 13 km · El Pedregal 65 km · Mollendo 90 km · Moquegua 119 km · San Antonio 121 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cono Norte (-16.3237°, -71.5815°, elevation 2,593 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	17	3
30	17	3
31	17	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	3	1
2	4	1
3	4	1
4	4	1
5	5	1
6	5	2
7	6	2
8	6	2
9	6	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	2
15	9	2
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	17	3
30	17	3
31	17	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	3	1
2	4	1
3	4	1
4	4	1
5	5	1
6	5	2
7	6	2
8	6	2
9	6	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	2
15	9	2
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	2
2	16	2
3	16	2
4	16	2
5	16	2
6	16	2
7	16	2
8	16	2
9	16	2
10	16	2
11	16	2
12	16	2
13	16	2
14	16	2
15	16	2
16	16	2
17	16	2
18	16	2
19	16	2
20	16	2
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	17	3
30	17	3
31	17	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	3	1
2	4	1
3	4	1
4	4	1
5	5	1
6	5	2
7	6	2
8	6	2
9	6	2
10	7	2
11	7	2
12	8	2
13	8	2
14	8	2
15	9	2
16	9	2
17	9	2
18	9	1
19	9	1
20	9	1
21	9	1
22	9	1
23	9	1
24	9	1
25	9	1
26	9	1
27	9	1
28	9	1
29	9	1
30	10	1
31	10	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100